Why do i have to learn swimming?
Swimming is a lifetime skill that every kid should learn. Children that begin swimming at an early age become comfortable and confident with water.
Children of all ages and ability can learn swimming. Ensuring your child learns to swim at an early age not only provides numerous health and social benefits, but could also save their life one day.
Swimming is also an excellent development sport, it builds muscles and promotes gross motor skills, which leads to better coordination and better growth in children.
Learning to swim also prevents accidental drowning and helps to builds self confidence in students. Through engaging lessons, students are also instilled with discipline and build up better body physique.
Swimming has also been known to relief asthmatic patients, strengthening the lung capacity and providing a work out in moist air.
Water confidence brings lots of fun!
Water Safety
By learning swimming, your child will not only become a stronger swimmer, but also gain valuable experience in the water. This experience greatly reduces the risk of a water emergency if your child accidentally falls in an unguarded pool or gets pulled into deep water by a rip current at the beach. Children who know how to swim will be better equipped if they ever face a water emergency.
Water safety is valuable knowledge, knowing how to swim can save your child’s life or even someone else life in a water emergency situation. At ace dolphin, basic lifesaving techniques will also be taught, to ensure that not only they know how to save themselves but also others.
Health Perks
Swimming is a good way to get kids to enjoy physical exercise and attain physical fitness. It is an excellent cardiovascular workout that promotes heart and lung health, improves strength and flexibility, increases stamina and even improves balance and posture. Swimming can relieve asthma symptoms in children. Encouraging your child to swim can also improve his mental health and promotes self confidence and development.
It is also gentle on the joints as compared to land sports like running and Soccer. This is because water cushions all impact that are acted on the joints due to gravity. Swimming is also an excellent physio-therapeutic activity employed by many medical institutions to aid patients for a faster recovery due to its low impact nature.
Lifetime skill and enjoyment
Swimming is a lifelong activity. Learning to swim as a child can provide many opportunities later in life, from jobs such as Lifeguards and Swimming Coaches. Besides opening doors to competitive swimming, swimming can help to open doors to other water sports such as synchronized swimming, windsurfing and surfing. Swimming is also a cornerstone in sea sports and recreational activities like snorkeling and diving.
Being one of the compulsory component of National Service, knowledge in swimming also gives children a head start in the training program.
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